Overview
Senior Finance Team Leader – P2P Vendor Experience – Salford, Greater Manchester
Everyone is welcome at M&S. No exceptions. It’s your background, abilities and differences that make you, uniquely you. And when you’re part of M&S, that individuality has the potential to make waves.
Summary
Join a collaborative and fast-paced Finance team where you will play a key role in shaping the supplier experience and driving operational excellence across our Procure to Pay function. As a P2P Vendor Experience Team Leader, you will lead a high-performing team, take ownership of critical processes across trade payables, and work closely with business partners to improve outcomes, reduce risk, and deliver a seamless end-to-end experience.
This is a fantastic opportunity to combine leadership, technical expertise, and continuous improvement in a role with real impact.
All the details
What you’ll do
Your key accountabilities will include:
- Lead the end-to-end processing of Goods for Resale invoices, identifying root causes of EDI failures and working with business partners to resolve issues at source
- Own trade payables reconciliations, including GRNI processes, ensuring accuracy, timely resolution of differences, and strong financial control
- Manage and develop a team of 6–8 colleagues, building capability, driving performance, and creating an engaged and high-performing environment
- Take ownership of supplier relationships, resolving critical issues, improving communication, and enhancing the overall vendor experience
- Drive process improvement and operational efficiencies, using data and insight to reduce manual work and strengthen controls
Who you are
Your skills will include:
- A relevant finance qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
- Strong Procure to Pay (P2P) experience, with a deep understanding of accounts payable processes
- Proven people leadership capability, with experience developing and supporting high-performing teams
- Solid financial knowledge, including experience with GRNI and balance sheet reconciliation
- Confident communicator, able to build effective relationships and influence business partners across the business
- Experience in vendor engagement and statement reconciliations, with a focus on delivering a positive supplier experience
What’s in it for you?
Working at M&S means being part of something bigger – helping to deliver quality, value and service to millions of customers every day. We’re inclusive, fast-moving and always evolving, with a strong sense of purpose and a focus on doing the right thing.
Here are just a few of the benefits that make working here even more rewarding:
- 20% colleague discount on all M&S products and many third-party brands for you and someone in your household, available once you’ve completed your probation
- Competitive holiday allowance with the option to buy more
- Discretionary bonus schemes linked to your performance and ours
- Strong pension and life assurance to help plan for the future
- Tailored induction and training to support your development from day one
- Exclusive perks and savings through our M&S Choices portal
- Market-leading family policies, including parental, adoption and neonatal leave
- 24/7 wellbeing support, including virtual GP access and mental health services
- One paid volunteer day a year to support a cause that matters to you
Everyone’s welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re disrupting, innovating and leading the industry into a more conscientious, inspiring digital era. We’re transforming how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
If you feel you’d benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
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